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TIL Chinese moso bamboo can grow almost a metre in a single day, about 35 inches.

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yQdMa TIL striking out four times in one baseball game is called a golden sombrero
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PY9yn TIL that the CIA admittedly disseminated fake evidence of UFO sightings in the 1950s and 60s to provide "cover" explanations for test flights of the U2 and other stealth aircraft
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